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5 unusual facts about Indian English


Chitrita Banerji

Chitrita Banerji (born 1947) is an Indian English author and translator, particularly noted for her work on Bengali food.

Kumaré

To record the documentary, American filmmaker Vikram Gandhi transformed himself into Sri Kumaré, an enlightened guru from a fictional village in India, by adopting a fake Indian accent and growing out his hair and beard.

Nizamat Jung

Nizamat Jung (1909-1955), a descendant of the Hyderabad Nizam family, was an Indian English poet.

Taj Mahotsav

Taj Mahotsav (Hindi: ताज महोत्सव, Urdu: تاج مہوتسو, translation: Taj Jubilee) is an annual 10 day (from 18 to 27 February) event at Shilpgram in Agra, India.

Vest

; Banyan: This Indian garment is commonly called a vest in Indian English.


Tanglish

Madras Bashai, a related, but distinct, language variant, a slang form of Tamil used in Chennai that is a blend of Tamil with Indian English, Telugu and Hindustani


see also

Economic Times

The Economic Times (est. 1961), an Indian English-language financial newspaper published from 11 cities daily (Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Ahemedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, and Pune)

Father, Wake Us In Passing

"Father, Wake Us In Passing", is an internationally acclaimed poem by the award winning Indian English poet Gopi Kottoor.

Jana Gana Mana

King George V was scheduled to arrive in the city on 30 December and a section of the Anglo-Indian English press in Calcutta thought – and duly reported – that Tagore's anthem was a homage to the emperor.

Nissim Ezekiel

Ezekiel also penned poems in ‘Indian English’ like the one based on instruction boards in his favourite Irani café.

Stephanian School of Literature

Amitav Ghosh, Rukun Advani, Mukul Kesavan and Shashi Tharoor are some famous Indian English Writers who belong to the Stephanian School of Literature.